IHF gets 21-day grace period

New Delhi: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has been given 21 days to submit fresh proposals to untangle the hockey mess that has threatened to jeopardise India's Olympic qualification chances.

At a meeting convened by the Union Sports Ministry here on Friday to resolve the issue of hockey administration in the country, the IHF brought forward a few proposals for discussions.

It was agreed that the IHF would finalise its list of proposals within three weeks and along with any proposal that Hockey India (IOA) might be having, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) would come up with a solution.

The IOA was represented, for the first time in a ministry-convened hockey meeting by R.K. Anand.

The IHF team included K.P.S. Gill and its president, R.K. Shetty while the HI delegation was represented among others by its secretary-general Narinder Batra. The ministry side was led by the Joint Secretary, Rahul Bhatnagar.

The Hindu

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